Kunstraum Dornbirn was founded in 1987 as a non-profit association with the aim of presenting and communicating contemporary art. Since 2003, the exhibitions have found ideal conditions for the showing of large-scale installations in the historic assembly hall of the former Rüsch-Werke, a machine factory in Dornbirn’s Municipal Gardens (Stadtgarten). The quality of the architecture in its original, raw state offers space for the presentation of current trends in international art. We show established, internationally renowned artists and newer positions in about four exhibitions every year.
The exhibition history of Kunstraum Dornbirn is marked by international artists such as Toni Schmale (2024), Chiharu Shiota (2023), Monika Sosnowska and Robert Kuśmirowski (both 2022), Tony Oursler (2021), Atelier Van Lishout and Claudia Comte (both 2020), Hans Op de Beek (2017), Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg (2016), Berlinde de Bruyckere (2015), Not Vital and Tue Greenford (both 2012), Jan Kopp (2010) and Mark Dion (2008), and Austrian artists such as Sophie Hirsch (2025), Judith Fegerl (2023), Peter Sandbichler (2021), Bernd Oppl (2019), Thomas Feuerstein (2018) and Roman Signer (2008).
Photo Darko Todorovic
Monika Sosnowska, 'Fatigue', 2022, installation view, Photo Günter Richard Wett, Courtesy of the artist/Foksal Gallery Foundation Warsaw/Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Chiharu Shiota: "Who am I Tomorrow?", Kunstraum Dornbirn 2023, Photo Günter Richard Wett, © the artist/Bildrecht Vienna 2025
Toni Schmale: "TANKE", Kunstraum Dornbirn 2024, Photo Günter Richard Wett, © the artist/Bildrecht Vienna 2025
Peter Sandbichler: "UNPREDICTABLE", Kunstraum Dornbirn 2021, Film by Günter Richard Wett
Judith Fegerl: "on/", Kunstraum Dornbirn 2023, Film by Günter Richard Wett, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna